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Wednesday, January 01, 2014

Books of 2013

Happy New Year! It's time for my third annual New Year's Day Booklist. I finished reading sixty-one books in 2013, caught up with some 'old friends' and discovered some wonderful new authors and series.

a few highlights from 2013

Here's the complete list, in order of reading:Cambridge Blue by Alison Bruce

The Siren by Alison Bruce

Death of a Cozy Writer by G.M. Malliet

Away
by Jane Urquhart

Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths

The Calling by Alison Bruce

Six Metres of Pavement by Farzana Doctor

A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie

Necessary as Blood by Deborah Crombie

A Double Death on the Black Isle by A. D. Scott

On What Grounds – A Coffeehouse Mystery by Cleo Coyle

The Sound of Broken Glass by Deborah Crombie

Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear

Royal Flush: A Royal Spyness Mystery by Rhys Bowen

More than Sorrow by Vicki Delaney

Royal Blood: A Royal Spyness Mystery by Rhys Bowen

Rack, Ruin and Murder by Ann Granger

Death of a Dancer (aka A Dangerous Affair) by Caro Peacock

The Silence by Alison Bruce

A Place of Secrets by Rachel HoreJack the Ripper: And the women whose lives he took by Susan McNicoll

Princess Elizabeth’s Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal

The Cure by Athol Dickson

Inferno
by Dan Brown

Naughty in Nice: A Royal Spyness Mystery by Rhys Bowen

Wool
by Hugh Howey

Bryant and May and the Invisible Code by Christopher FowlerGiving up the Ghost by Mary Logue Bolero
by Joanie McDonell

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanIn the Shadow of the Glacier by Vicki Delany

Latte Trouble – A Coffeehouse Mystery by Cleo Coyle

Walking into the Ocean by David Whellams

The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling)

Wiped Out by Barbara Colley

The Backs by Alison Bruce

The Last Summer by Judith Kinghorn

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Proof of Guilt (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery) by Charles Todd

Always Remember by Sheila SeabrookHow the Light Gets In by Louise Penny

Room with a Clue, Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery #1 by Kate Kingsbury

The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag by Alan Bradley

The House at Riverton by Kate Morton

A Cold Day for Murder (Kate Shugak #1) by Dana Stabenow

Blue Monday by Nicci French

No Corners for the Devil by Olive Etchells

Shadows in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope

Playing with Poison(Cue Ball Mystery #1)
by Cindy Blackburn

Pagan Spring by G.M. MallietHeirs and Graces: A Royal Spyness Mystery by Rhys Bowen

Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler

Bricks and Mortality by Ann Granger

Unnatural Habits by Kerry Greenwood

Do Not Disturb, Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery #2 by Kate Kingsbury

Twelve Drummers Drumming by C.C. Benison

Eleven Pipers Piping by C.C. Benison

Ten Lords A-Leaping by C.C. Benison

Longbourn by Jo Baker

Beneath the Abbey Wall by A. D. ScottValley of the Lost by Vicki DelanyFirst up for 2014:On the Kobo Mini: Terms of Surrender
by Sheila SeabrookOn Kindle for iPad: A Fatal Thaw (Kate Shugak #2) by Dana StabenowOn Audible: Murder in the Dark
by Kerry GreenwoodAnd on good old-fashioned paper: Manna from Hades by Carola Dunn

What were your most memorable reads of 2013? Recommendations always welcome because there's no such thing as too many books.Find me on Goodreads.

2 Comments:

Last year, I got hooked on the Chandler series, written by Joe Konrath and Ann Voss Peterson. It's not my normal reading material -- action, violence -- but the characters, especially the Chandler lead character, just sucked me in.

Thank you for including me on your 2013/14 lists, and here's to another entertaining year with our books!